“Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.”

We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.

You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.

Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.

To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.

Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.

You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.

It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.

The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.

I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.

You have to water the flowers you want to grow.

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Childhood decisions do not have to define you.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.